Trends in the incidence of acute watery diarrhoea in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2009-2013
| Autor: | M. Phengxay, Phengta Vongphrachanh, Dapeng Luo, Souphatsone Houatthongkham, Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Cindy H. Chiu, Phanthaneeya Teepruksa, Noikaseumsy Sithivong, Gregory Jennings, Kongmany Southalack |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Diarrhea
Male Rotavirus Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Mothers lcsh:Medicine medicine.disease_cause Rotavirus Infections Lao PDR Watery diarrhoea medicine Humans Surveillance Report education Non theme issue Retrospective Studies Cause of death Disease incidence education.field_of_study Surveillance business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) lcsh:Public aspects of medicine lcsh:R Infant Newborn Infant Seasonal trend lcsh:RA1-1270 General Medicine Rotavirus vaccine Breast Feeding Laos Child Preschool Population Surveillance Acute Watery Diarrhea Etiology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 6-14 (2016) Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal : WPSAR |
| ISSN: | 2094-7313 2094-7321 |
| Popis: | Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under age 5 worldwide, with rotavirus being the main etiology. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic, acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) was introduced as one of the national notifiable diseases in 2004. We retrospectively reviewed the aggregate (n = 117 277) and case-based (n = 67 755) AWD surveillance data from 2009 to 2013 reported weekly from 1115 health facilities nationwide. Rotavirus rapid test data from all eight sentinel sites in Vientiane Capital in 2013 were also collected for analysis. The incidence of AWD ranged between 215 and 476 cases per 100 000 population and increased from 2009 to 2012 when it levelled off. The most affected age group was children under 5 who were about seven to nine times more likely to have AWD than the rest of the population (P |
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